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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pshaw.

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Examples

  • Her fingers twitched, she "pshawed," and "oh deared," ran the needle in and out and in irregularly, jerked the thread, and finally gave a fretful pull when she came to the end of the first needleful, which tore a fresh hole in the stuff and puckered all she had darned, so that it was not fit to be seen.

    Eyebright A Story Susan Coolidge 1870

  • Dana smiled and congratulated Peter, who pshawed and awshucked in his practiced manner.

    Hangover 2009

  • He pshawed and went behind Beth Anne, pushed her enough to push me and crumple us all bedward.

    None Of It Grace Mike Young 2009

  • Caitlyn pshawed the notion and was glad when the duchess rose from her chair.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • Dana smiled and congratulated Peter, who pshawed and awshucked in his practiced manner.

    Hangover Andrew O. Dugas 2009

  • On Wednesday Allen pshawed the M-word furor, telling Fox News that “only the media” cares about that story.

    Midterm Roundup 2009

  • Caitlyn pshawed the notion and was glad when the duchess rose from her chair.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • He pshawed and went behind Beth Anne, pushed her enough to push me and crumple us all bedward.

    None Of It Grace 2009

  • Caitlyn pshawed the notion and was glad when the duchess rose from her chair.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • Her father pshawed and poohed a good deal when he had finished the billet, and examined the seal.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

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